Clarionet-case



(NoModel.)

W. H. NDY.

CLARIONET 0ASE. No. 270,640. Patented Jan.16,1883.

WTNEEEJEE lull/ENTER UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. CUNDY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLARlONET-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,640, dated January16, 1883.

I Application filed November 20, 1885.. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ELUUNDY, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Olarionet-Gases, of which thefollowin g is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figures l and 2 are perspective views of myimproved clarionet-case iu two positions, below explained.

A and B are the two parts of the clarionetcase, separated by apartition, C, (shown broken out in Fig. 1,) the part Abeing providedwith partitions A', as usual, for accommodating the bells of threeclarionets, and the part B being provided with the usual partitions, B',for the accommodation of the upper joints of three clarionets. The partsA and B are hinged together, as usual.

It is common for musicians to carry three clarionets--viz., A, B, and Cclarionetswhen they are to play upon any occasion. When a clarionet ischanged, often hastily, for another during the performance it is placedupon the lioor, bell downward, so that there are two or three clarionetsstanding on the floor, ready to be taken up and used at all times. Thedanger is of one or all being knocked over and injured, as is frequentlythe case. Hence in my inventionlhave hinged the ends a a to the bottomof the part A of the case, and

rigidly secured to said end pieces, a, supporting 'blocks or forms b,adapted to t into the bells of lthe clarionets. When the clarionets arepacked the end pieces, a, are held in the positions shown in Fig. l byhooks d, or similar devices, and the blocks b lie in the bells. Vhen theclarionets have been taken out and are to be used the hooks d areunclasped, the end pieces, a, allowed to drop down, and the remainder otthe case shut, so that the case is in the position shown in Fig. 2. Theclarionets may then be placed on the supporting blocks or forms b hymeans of their bells, which lit over them, and there remain in safetyuntil they are needed.

Ot' course I do not confine myself to the number of blocks b, as theremay be one or more, according to the capacity otl the case; but one endmay be hinged and the other made rigid, it' desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A clarionet-case provided with one or more hinged ends, a, said endshaving supporting blocks or forms I) secured thereto, substatitially asand for the purpose herein set forth.

WILLIAM H. lOUNDY.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WtLLiAMs, IEVTNG H. BAKER.

